The Twelve Decisive Battles of the War: A History of the Eastern and Western Campaigns, in Relation to the Actions that Decided Their IssueDick & Fitzgerald, 1867 - 520 pages |
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... camps . Meanwhile , on the further bank of the Potomac , the Confederate forces gathered an opposing head , drawing up from the whole South to a focus in Virginia . Neither was their choice of position fortuitous , and , indeed , it was ...
... camps . Meanwhile , on the further bank of the Potomac , the Confederate forces gathered an opposing head , drawing up from the whole South to a focus in Virginia . Neither was their choice of position fortuitous , and , indeed , it was ...
Page 28
... the inquiring mind of Beauregard , who been occupying his camp , and intrench- ing it so far as he thought necessary , since the latter part of May . There was , however , a difficulty at 28 THE TWELVE DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WAR .
... the inquiring mind of Beauregard , who been occupying his camp , and intrench- ing it so far as he thought necessary , since the latter part of May . There was , however , a difficulty at 28 THE TWELVE DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WAR .
Page 41
... camp - followers , Congressmen , correspondents and civilian teamsters , was collected . A stray shell or two from an advanced Confederate battery run forward to Cub Run , burst among the wagons of the hireling teamsters , and instantly ...
... camp - followers , Congressmen , correspondents and civilian teamsters , was collected . A stray shell or two from an advanced Confederate battery run forward to Cub Run , burst among the wagons of the hireling teamsters , and instantly ...
Page 44
... camp , on the march , and in battle itself , and in those thousand skilful devices , and that familiar acquaintance with danger , which make the vet- eran soldier more valuable , though not always more intrin- sically manly , than the ...
... camp , on the march , and in battle itself , and in those thousand skilful devices , and that familiar acquaintance with danger , which make the vet- eran soldier more valuable , though not always more intrin- sically manly , than the ...
Page 48
... camp equipage and clothing . But the victory at Bull Run gained more than a field : it won a campaign . Midsummer passed , autumn came and went , winter at last found the Union and Confederate troops in Virginia in their peaceful log - ...
... camp equipage and clothing . But the victory at Bull Run gained more than a field : it won a campaign . Midsummer passed , autumn came and went , winter at last found the Union and Confederate troops in Virginia in their peaceful log - ...
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advance artillery assault Atlanta attack bank batteries battle Beauregard Bragg bridge brigade Buell Bull Run campaign camps captured cavalry centre Chattanooga column command Confederacy Confederate army Corinth corps Creek crossed Culp's Hill Cumberland D. H. Hill defence division Donelson east enemy enemy's field fight fire Five Forks fleet Ford Fort Donelson Fort Henry forward front garrison Gettysburg Grant gun-boats guns Hampton Roads Harper's Ferry Hill Hood Hood's hundred infantry intrenched Jackson Johnston latter Lee's Longstreet manœuvre McClellan McClernand meanwhile Merrimac miles military Mississippi morning Mountain moved movement Murfreesboro Nashville night North numbers o'clock offensive officers operations passed Pemberton pike position Potomac railroad rear regiments repulse retreat Richmond Ridge river road Rosecrans Schofield Shenandoah Valley Sheridan Sherman Shiloh side skirmish South success Tennessee Thomas thousand tion turnpike Union army Union force Union troops valley Vicksburg victory Virginia whole woods Yazoo